Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
S4E4. Students will analyze weather charts/maps and collect weather data to predict weather events and infer patterns and seasonal
changes.
a. Identify weather instruments and explain how each is used in gathering weather data and making forecasts (thermometer, rain gauge,
barometer, wind vane, anemometer).
b. Using a weather map, identify the fronts, temperature, and precipitation and use the information to interpret the weather conditions.
c. Use observations and records of weather conditions to predict weather patterns throughout the year.
d. Differentiate between weather and climate.
ELACC4RL7: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text,
identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
ELACC4RI8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support
particular points in a text.
ELACC4RI5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events,
ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text
401B -Students are proficient in the use of technology.
404B -Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
403B -Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, preparing publications, and
producing other creative
work.
Rationale (research): Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.
With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying.
I chose a project based learning project to show how engagement and positive behavior is increased when students are excited about the lesson.
Objectives
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Lesson Description
The students will
Assessment
Students will be graded
Materials Needed
The book, First Class
Homework/Reinforce
Students will watch the
Cats
Access to the computer
lab for individual
creation of PowerPoint
presentations.
Discovery Streaming
Video: Reading Rainbow
Takes Flight
Reflection:
This lesson was an amazing success. The author of the book, First Class Cats is a personal friend of mine and has collaborated with
several groups of my students. He is a pilot as his full time profession, so he was able to bring in a World perspective that these
students would not have been able to experience in the standard classroom setting. The use of technology has the students engaged
and excited about the lesson. The opportunity to ask the pilot questions about flying, especially what it was like flying through storms,
led to a two hour discussion of the World Climate and the different cultures around the World.
At the end of the presentations, the author/pilot presented the students with the sequel to the first book.
The students were actively engaged throughout the lesson. They asked relevant, higher level thinking questions. The students were
polite, thoughtful, and took turns (an issue that we have been working on throughout the school year.) I highly recommend project
based learning projects.
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